Consultant in Stroke with General Internal Medicine

Consultant in Stroke with General Internal Medicine Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Stroke Consultant within our Trust, offering a dynamic role that also incorporates aspects of General Internal Medicine. The role will be 8DCCC-2SPA with an additional 1.3PA for participation in the Surrey Stroke Telemedicine Rota and 1.1PA for taking part in the GIM Rota.

This position is ideal for ambitious, aspirational and driven individuals who are committed to restoring the NHS to its full potential, prioritising proactive health improvement over reactive illness treatment. At the heart of this role is the opportunity to make a real impact, both locally and nationally, through collaboration with regional networks and beyond.

As a Stroke Consultant, you will have the chance to lead and innovate, driving forward cutting-edge approaches to care that optimise inpatient flow, enhance outpatient outcomes, and deliver exceptional patient care. You will play a key role in transforming how stroke care is delivered, ensuring the highest standards of care.

We are looking for candidates with a broad skill set and the ability to adapt to the evolving demands of this dynamic position. If you are a multi-skilled professional, eager to shape the future of stroke care and contribute to the broader mission of improving health outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

1. Deliver Clinical, Educational, Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department.
2. Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peters, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment, and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
3. Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.
4. Provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.
5. Assessment of patients.
6. Provide consultant cover in ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings, clinics.
7. Review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
8. Take a keen interest in Stroke / Stroke Mimics / TIA (including 24/7 Tele-Stroke Service).
9. Participate in the Surrey Stroke Telemedicine Rota (1 in every 12 days).
10. Participate in the GIM Rota.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

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Job responsibilities

1. Have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and undertake the administrative duties associated with their care in stroke medicine.
2. Work closely with consultant colleagues in the A&E department to improve the management of stroke patients.
3. Work jointly with Divisional colleagues to ensure the Trust achieves the 4-hour waiting time target and all other relevant clinical quality indicators for patients.
4. Have a clear understanding of commissioning and contracting of stroke services, and of regional stroke strategy.
5. Undertake prospective cover of team colleagues to ensure that cover is provided during periods of leave.
6. Share equally in the workload of the department.
7. Undertake research and develop special interests within the limits of clinical and laboratory service workload.
8. Engage in appropriate professional development, including indicating if mentoring or other support would be of benefit.
9. Participate in clinical audit activities of the department and hospitals.
10. Participate in the professional training of staff in the department, both medical and non-medical.
11. Participate as required in departmental staff appraisal.
12. Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.
13. Support recruitment, appraisal, development, and mentoring activities to a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional team.
14. Undertake any other duties appropriate for a consultant.

Person Specification Experience

• Providing direct clinical care in stroke and general internal medicine, utilising collaborative approaches.
• Leading a change or innovation in the workplace with a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council.

Skills

• Highly skilled in the management and treatment of patients admitted to the specialty.
• Ability to work constructively in a multidisciplinary team, be flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues.
• Ability to manage competing demands in a busy acute environment.
• Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience.

Research

• Evidence of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians.
• Willingness to continue to participate in research.
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
• Publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Leadership and Management

• Evidence of previous active participation in leadership and management activities.
• Experience of managing budgets and staff.

Teaching

• Medical and non-medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a year plus £149 HCAS payment.